1. Aristotle explains that in the Greek city-states, more than one type of what has been used?
(a) Citizenship structure.
(b) Constitution.
(c) Government.
(d) Laws.

2. Aristotle compares a constitution to what?
(a) The capstone in an arch.
(b) The gears in a mill.
(c) The supporting column of a building.
(d) The hub of a spoked wheel.

3. What, according to Aristotle, is the top cause of crime?
(a) Poverty.
(b) No education.
(c) Lack of a job.
(d) Too many children.

4. Unarmed and lightly armed combat is typically the preserve of whom, according to Aristotle?
(a) The middle-class.
(b) The young men.
(c) The women.
(d) The poor.

5. What does Aristotle calls the pool from which oligarchies draw their officials?
(a) Political elite.
(b) Inherited positions.
(c) Power-groups.
(d) Politically powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. The issues most closely connected with occurrences of civil strife are education, preparation for adulthood, and the distribution of property, and what?

2. Aristotle says that some oligarchies can progress to what?

3. Democracy is a corruption of what?

4. Aristotle believes that in most societies, there is numerically more of what type of citizens than any other?

5. Aristotle says that those who write constitutions are statesmen, philosophers and what?

(see the answer key)

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